December 14, 2001 - Maputo, Mozambique - Aga Khan Foundation Portugal - The Portuguese Agency for Development (Agência Portuguesa para o Apoio ao Desenvolvimento) (APAD) has approved a grant of one million Euros for a long-term rural development programme launched by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and aimed at some 120,000 people in Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado.
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SOCIAL STRUCTURES

December 8, 2001 - Buildings that blend with community life celebrated at AGA Khan Awards
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THE ROYAL ROLE MODEL

December, 2001The Friday Times - If ever there was an Islamic renaissance, it took place in Egypt, ruled over by the Ismaili Fatimid dynasty - Lubna Khan.
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF ARTICLE OF GUJRATI MAGAZINE "CHITRALEKHA" - AN OASIS IN THE DESERT

December, 2001 - Here, in Hunza, people do not know The use of medicines. They do not survive on charity. Who is responsible for This state of affairs? He is none other than the man who will celebrate his 65th birthday on the 13th Dec 2001 & who is the spiritual leader of the Khojas, His Highness the Karim Aga Khan. He is the one responsible for the self-esteem & the prosperity of this region.
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December 14, 2001 - Maputo, Mozambique - Aga Khan Foundation Portugal - The Portuguese Agency for Development (Agência Portuguesa para o Apoio ao Desenvolvimento) (APAD) has approved a grant of one million Euros for a long-term rural development programme launched by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and aimed at some 120,000 people in Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado.
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION AWARDS LARGEST GRANT EVER MADE TO AGA KHAN FOUNDATION

December 6 2001- Geneva, Switzerland - The European Commission has approved a grant for EUR 25.5 approximately US $ 23 million) to help the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) address rural poverty in central-west India over the next ten years.
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THE AGA KHAN'S MILLIONS ARE HELPING IMPROVE PAKISTAN

November 26, 2001 - Business Week: Gari Khan is renowned among his neighbors for his moving recitations of the Koran. Regularly, hundreds of fellow Muslims gather to marvel at his performances. Khan, 35, is known for something else, too: His prowess as a beekeeper. Six years ago, he and his wife, Shamin, 28, got loans and technical assistance from the Aga Khan Rural Support Program to raise honeybees.
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EASTERN ACCOLADES

November 21, 2001 - Globe Interactive - Where is the most important architecture being done right now? The answer depends on what you're looking for, and where. Given that we're living here in the Western world, here is where we look for signs of brave, iconic buildings. But there is gutsy architecture being made in plenty of patches elsewhere. It's alive in the design of a human-scale orphanage for girls in Jordan. It's being sketched in the sand by the Barefoot Architects in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Now, the recently announced 2001 Aga Khan Awards for Architecture have honoured these projects and several others with $500,000 (U.S.) in prizes -- collectively, the largest architectural award in the world.
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NEIGHBOURS WORLDS APART; THE WARM AND GREGARIOUS PEOPLE OF THE HINDU KUSH ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THETALIBAN. THEY LIVE A LIFE THAT IS 'CLOSER TO THE TRUE MEANING OF THEIR FAITH.'

November 17, 2001 - London Free Press : Many accounts from Pakistan tell of violence, political corruption, the oppression of women and the fundamentalist sects of the Muslim religion. Photos show mobs of angry men shouting slogans. But that's only half the story.
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WORLD BANK: WORLD BANK-AGA KHAN FOUNDATION -- EDUCATION FOR ALL - EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ESSENTIAL TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY

November 7, 2001 - Brussels, Belgium - World Bank Press Release: Leading international experts, European decision makers, foundations, NGOs and the private sector met in Brussels today for a roundtable discussion on Early Childhood Development (ECD) predominately in developing countries. The meeting was the first ever organised in Europe by the Aga Khan Foundation and the World Bank.
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THE AGA KHAN'S HISTORIC SYRIA VISIT

November 7, 2001We have a Gallery for the whole visit. It covers articles, photos and also videos. There are testimonies of people who went to Syria on this occasion and there are also photos of historical Ismaili places in Salamiyah and Masyaf. The Gallery can be visited
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November 7, 2001 - The Nation: [ African Projects Win Aga Khan Award]

Also, the Republic's Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Keftaro received the Prince Agha Khan. Talks during the meeting dealt with the current international situation and tolerance of the Islam religion and Islam call for intimacy and peace between peoples of the world. They asserted that Islam is religion of the high values, fraternity and intimacy.

Also, the Republic's Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Keftaro received the Prince Agha Khan. Talks during the meeting dealt with the current international situation and tolerance of the Islam religion and Islam call for intimacy and peace between peoples of the world. They asserted that Islam is religion of the high values, fraternity and intimacy.

PROJECT OF FINNISH ARCHITECTS IN AFRICA TO RECEIVE ARCHITECTURE AWARD

October 31st, 2001 - Helsingin Sanomat (International Edition) : A poultry farming school in Guinea is one of the nine recipients of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture this year. The poultry school was constructed by Indigo, a development cooperation organisation founded by the late Eila Kivekäs. The school and its yard were designed by architects Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen
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AGA KHAN SAYS U.N. SHOULD MOULD FUTURE AFGHANISTAN

October 31, 2001 - PARIS - Reuters News Agency - Story Filed: The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community, said in a French newspaper interview on Wednesday that the United Nations should steer the reconstruction of a pluralist civil society in Afghanistan.
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THE ART: BRIGHT STARTS IN THE EAST THE AGA KHAN AWARDS...

Oct 25, 2001: The Independent- United Kingdom; The Arts: Bright stars in the East The Aga Khan awards were set up in 1977 to stimulate appreciation of Islamic architecture. But their influence today, argues Jay Merrick, now goes far beyond mere bricks and mortar. "Some may think architecture in Muslim countries an irrelevance to the West. What do its vernaculars, or copycat internationalism, have to do with us? But the lessons of architecture are not always purely architectural. The Aga Khan's award-winners - the tip of an iceberg of similar work invisible to the West - remind us that architecture is crucial to cultural survival, and to evolution. In that sense, the Barefoot College is no different from the Magna Centre. The pride of Northerners in their new cultural magnet is no different from that experienced by the people of Tilonia in Rajasthan."
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AGA KHAN DENOUNCES TALIBAN'S VERSION OF ISLAM

October 23, 2001 - UN Wire - In an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera yesterday, the spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Shiite Muslims, the Aga Khan, accused the Taliban of imposing on Afghanistan an interpretation of Islam that was previously foreign to the Afghan people. "I am amazed by the ignorance about Islam," he said."Abandoned by all and conquered by the Taliban, [Afghanistan] turned into an immense international terrorist training camp," the Aga Khan added. In a post-Taliban Afghanistan, the role of the deposed king will be important, he said, adding that any new government will need the "rigorous support of the United Nations" and a full social and economic reconstruction effort to benefit all the country's ethnic groups (Massimo Nava, Oct. 22, UN Wire translation).
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AFGHANISTAN'S BIGGEST PROBLEM - POVERTY - CAN BE SOLVED

October 16, 2001 - WASHINGTON (The Christian Science Monitor via COMTEX). "Can mountain poverty really be alleviated? Or is economic and social development under such onerous conditions a quixotic dream? A 20-year project in Pakistan's northern Karakorum Mountains adjoining Afghanistan provides living proof that sustainable development is possible, even under the most daunting physical circumstances. There, the Aga Khan Development Network has worked at the most local level to enable people to feed themselves, set up their own small businesses, establish communal institutions, and build schools. What was once a hotbed of drug trafficking and conflict is now a peaceful and developing region. " Writes Frederick Starr of the Christian Science Monitor.
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KYRGYSTAN AND AGA-KHAN FUND SIGNED AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION

September 25, 2001 Bishkek (KABAR). According to Kyrgyz National News Agency The meeting of President Askar Akayev and Prince Karim Aga-Khan was held in Bishkek, where condition and cooperation perspectives were discussed. During the meeting an agreement on cooperation in the sphere of development between Kyrgyzstan and Imam of Ismailit of Aga-Khan Fund was signed. After the signing ceremony President Akayev told journalists that this is the fundamental perspective in the sphere of development, provides for cooperation in economy, humanitarian and cultural spheres. The agreement also provides for cooperation in the sphere of education, care in early childhood in rural regions of the republic. Askar Akayev noted that "this agreement is accordant with efforts of our government in implementation of Comprehensive Development Framework of Kyrgyzstan". The President assured the Prince Karim Aga-Khan the Fthat the Kyrgyz parliament and government will support activity of the Aga-Khan Fund in Kyrgyzstan. [More 1], [More 2], [Press Release]
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FIRST PRIVATE MICRO CREDIT BANK TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER

September 20, 2001 : <>Dawn.com<>KARACHI reports that "The first private sector micro financing institution is being set up by two Aga Khan institutions with a capital base of Rs500 million and is likely to start functioning from November. All ground work has been done, formalities completed and even a consent has been obtained from the State Bank of Pakistan for the chief executive and directors on the board of the Aga Khan Micro Finance Bank. The sponsors are now just waiting for the promulgation of the ordinance. Complete article by By Sabihuddin Ghausi
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SHAH KARIM AL-HUSEIN AGA KHAN WILL VISIT OSH

September 14, 2001Osh (KABAR)- According to the Osh oblast's press service, Shah Karim Al-Husein Aga-Khan will arrive to Osh to visit a new building of a school reconstructed for funds of Karim Aga-Khan. During the visit he will meet with governor Naken Kasiev to discuss key positions of potential cooperation.

TEXT OF REPORT BY THE TAJIK NEWS AGENCY ASIA-PLUS

August 31, 2001 -Dushanbe : Two experts from the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) are in [Tajikistan's] Mountainous Badakhshon Autonomous Region to see for themselves the condition of the Pamir-1 hydroelectric power station, particularly its tunnel, Asia-Plus learnt from an official from the organization, Matthew Scanlon.
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MONUMENTAL DISCORD

August 30, 2001 Al-Ahram Weekly Online : Historians and archaeologists are concerned that the Ministry of Culture is guilty of shoddy work in Fatimid Cairo restoration efforts. Nevine El-Aref listens to responses
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August 29, 2001Bishkek - : President Askar Akaev today officially inaugurated the Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB). With a fully paid-up share capital of 7m dollars, KICB becomes the country's largest commercial bank.The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), the principal shareholder, will also oversee management which draws on both international expertise and local professionals.
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THE AGA KHAN MEETS ZANZIBAR'S PRESIDENT

August 20, 2001 - Zanzibar: Consideration of the marine and maritime dimensions of Zanzibar's history and culture, broader tourism opportunities and major education projects were among the expanded development initiatives agreed by the Aga Khan, during a three-day visit to Tanzania.
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THREE Rs443 MILLION PROJECTS FOR KARACHI LAUNCHED

August 18, 2001 - Karachi: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday launched three major projects for Karachi which will be completed within two years at a cost of over Rs443 million... He disclosed that Prince Karim Aga Khan had agreed to launch micro- finance bank in Pakistan so that the poor could get loans to stand on their feet, improve their living and repay the loans in easy instalments.
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DAR GRANTS AGA KHAN GROUP ENHANCED STATUS

August 17, 2001 - Dar es Salaam : The Aga Khan yesterday signed an agreement with the government of Tanzania, granting enhanced diplomatic status to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) which manages and co-ordinates the group's social and economic development programmes. The agreement was signed between President Benjamin Mkapa and the Aga Khan at a high profile ceremony at State House Dar es Salaam.
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USDA TO DONATE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITES FOR TAJIKISTAN

August 8, 2001: Washingston- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it will donate about 5,500 metric tons of U.S. agricultural commodities to the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) for use in Tajikistan under the Food for Progress program.
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USDA TO DONATE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITES FOR TAJIKISTAN

August 8, 2001 - Washingston : The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it will donate about 5,500 metric tons of U.S. agricultural commodities to the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) for use in Tajikistan under the Food for Progress program.
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AN INTERNATIONAL WEEK-LONG CONFERENCE ON ETHICAL ISSUES IN KARACHI

August 1, 2001 : The Ethical Review Committee and Bioethics Group of the Aga Khan University had organised the moot in collaboration with the the Harvard School of Public Health, Pakistan Medical Research Council and Indian Council for Medical Research.
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AGA KHAN HIGH SCHOOL IN OSH

July 26, 2001 - Osh (TCA) : Since assuming the office of Imamat in 1957, the Aga Khan has demonstrated concerned for the well being of all Muslims. Resulting from their tradition of service, Ismailis Muslims have elaborated a well-defined institutional framework to carry out social, economic and cultural activities.
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JAPAN, SWITZERLAND HELP BUILD POWER STATION IN EASTERN TAJIKISTAN

July 16, 2001 : A new small hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 100 kW/ hour has been put into operation in a mountainous village in eastern Tajikistan, Tajik radio reported on 16 July. "Japan and Switzerland have provided comprehensive assistance with drawing up this important project for the mountainous village in Shughnon [District]. The countries allocated 74,211 dollars through the Aga Khan Development Foundation for the construction of the station," the report said.

June 7, 2001 - Copenhagen, Denmark : His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims and founder of one of the largest private networks of healthcare institutions in the developing world, this evening received the prestigious Archon Award from the international nursing honour society, Sigma Theta Tau International. The Award Ceremony took place as delegates from around the world gathered in Copenhagen for the 12th International Nursing Research Congress and the International Council of Nurses’ 22nd Quadrennial Congress.
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EUROPEAN UNION TO EXTEND RS 540 MILLION FOR EDUCATION SECTOR

June 1, 2001 - Islamad: The European Union will extend 19 million euro (Rs540m) to assist the educational sector in Pakistan. The funding will mainly support the Aga Khan Foundation's Institute for Educational Development (IED), Phase-2.
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THE AGA KHAN ADDRESSED THE PRESIDENTS OF OVER 100 UNIVERSITIES

April 22, 2001: Washington - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, addressed the presidents of over 100 leading public and private research universities from around the world at the International Convocation of the American Association of Universities on these issues, expressing the hope that he could “convince institutions in both the developing and industrialised world to come together to work on common problems, opportunities and responsibilities.”
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IPDC OKAYS TK 473 M INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT

April 21, 2001 - Independent Bangladesh News: The 69th meeting of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Promotion and Development Company of Bangladesh Limited (IPDC) was held in the city recently under the Chairmanship of Al-Ameen Chaudhury, Secretary, Ministry of Industries. IPDC’s directors and alternate from the Government of Bangladesh, Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC), International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) also attended the meeting.
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AGA KHAN FUND GIVES TAJIKISTAN 2.5M DOLLARS TO IMPROVE CAPITAL CITY

April 14, 2001: - Text of report by Tajik radio on 14 April - The permanent representative of the Aga Khan office, Hakim Frista, told Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev that the Aga Khan Foundation has transferred 2.5m dollars to the Dushanbe administration's account to improve conditions in Dushanbe to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tajikistan's anniversary.
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EU GRANTS 8.72 U.S. DOLLARS FOR EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN

March 29, 2001 : ISLAMABAD (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The European Union (EU) has just approved a grant amounting to 9.85 million euro (about 8.72 U.S.dollars) for education in Pakistan under the implementation of the Institute for Educational Development of the Aga Khan University, a press release by the EU said here Thursday. This grant, which equivalents 532 million Pakistani Rupees, is addressed in particular to the improvement of the quality of the education. The access to better education will increase the educational levels and thus improve possibilities for better job opportunities, said the press release.

PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN ON THE DESTRUCTION OF BUDDHAS

AKFED INVESTS $5.5 MILLION INTO DCB

Feb 27, 2001 - Mumbai: The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (Akfed) has infused $5.5 million into the Development Credit Bank Ltd (DCB) therebyincreasing its stake to 37.5 per cent from 13.55 per cent.
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AGAKHAN BUYS AIRLINE

February 26, 2001: Air Burkina Set to Extend Its Network
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THE AGA KHAN HAS ANNOUNCED A CONTRIBUTION OF US $500,000 TOWARDS QUAKE RELIEF IN GUJARAT

January 29, 2001 - Times of India (01/29/2001) - MUMBAI: The Aga Khan has announced a contribution of US $500,000 towards quake relief in Gujarat. This is in addition to food, medicines, tents and manpower that has already been mobilised by Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), an international emergency response agency associated with the Aga Khan development network. Medical personnel from the Aga Khan health services as well as volunteers from Ahmedabad and Sidhpur in Gujarat and from Mumbai are en route to the worst hit areas. FOCUS has been providing emergency relief in East Africa and south and central Asia since 1994. In addition to disaster response, FOCUS has been helping create local capacity for prevention, management and preparedness for natural disasters.

THE AGA KHAN COMMENTS ON TRENDS IN BREEDING INDUSTRY

January 9, 2001 : A sell-out Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Awards' Dinner heard the Aga Khan, the Guest Of Honor, expound on his breeding philosophy and then present the 13 awards for excellence in British Thoroughbred Breeding. The Aga Khan had a very successful 2000, headlined by Sinndar winning the Vodafone Derby, the Budweiser Irish Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, and Kalanisi capturing the Dubai Champion Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Turf. Sir Michael Oswald, the TBA President, presented the Aga Khan with a silver salver to mark the achievements of 2000. The Awards' Dinner took place Tuesday January 9, 2001 night at the Churchill Hotel, Portman Square, London W1, with 250 people attending. (Speech)